2008 Holiday Bowl

2008 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
Holiday Bowl logo
Oklahoma State Cowboys Oregon Ducks
(9–3) (9–3)
Big 12 Pac-10
31 42
Head coach: 
Mike Gundy		 Head coach: 
Mike Bellotti
APCoachesBCS
131413
APCoachesBCS
151317
1234 Total
Oklahoma State 17077 31
Oregon 702114 42
DateDecember 30, 2008
Season2008
StadiumQualcomm Stadium
LocationSan Diego, California
MVPQB Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon [1]
FavoriteOK State by 31⁄2 [2]
RefereeDavid Witvoet (Big Ten) [3]
Attendance59,106[4]
PayoutUS$2,300,000 per team[5]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersChris Fowler, Craig James, Jesse Palmer
Nielsen ratings3.9
Holiday Bowl
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The 2008 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2008, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Oregon Ducks, and was part of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of the games in the 2008-2009 bowl season to be nationally televised by ESPN.[6] The Ducks won the contest, 42–31.

  1. ^ "Masoli leads Oregon over Oklahoma State in Holiday Bowl". [dead link]
  2. ^ "2008 Holiday Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Oregon Spread, Trends, Odds".[dead link]
  3. ^ http://www.okstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=200&ATCLID=3638790 [dead link]
  4. ^ "Oregon 42-31 Oklahoma State (Dec 30, 2008) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  5. ^ "2008 Holiday Bowl Game History". Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  6. ^ "Game Date Set for Pacific Life Holiday Bowl". Big 12 Sports. April 1, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2008.[dead link]